Faculty of Humanities and Education
Looking for an elective? Discover our wide range of courses designed to fit your interests and schedule.
The electives below have no pre-requisites or pre-requisites are waived for non-specialists. This means any enrolled student, from any degree programme or Faculty, can take them. They provide an excellent opportunity to broaden your knowledge, develop new skills, and explore areas of interest outside your primary field of study.
Click here to open a document showing course descriptions, including timetables for the upcoming semester.Timetables shown are correct at time of posting and are there to help you see which electives are compatible with the rest of your timetable. Please consult the timetable in CHOL to confirm. Feel free to contact the primary lecturer using the email address provided for more information.
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| Modern Languages Electives | |
|---|---|
| Semester I (only) | Lecturer |
| CHIN 2200 Introduction to Contemporary China | Mr Tyrone Yearwood tyrone.yearwood@uwi.edu |
| JAPA 1007 Japanese for Beginners I | Ms Yumi Aoki-Thornhill yumi.aoki-thornhill@uwi.edu |
| Semester I & II | Lecturer |
| CHIN 1001 Chinese Language IA | Mr Tyrone Yearwood tyrone.yearwood@uwi.edu |
| FREN 0101 Beginners’ French I | Mr Terrence Inniss terrence.inniss@uwi.edu |
| SPAN 0101 Beginners’ Spanish I | Ms Lamar Smith lamar.smith@uwi.edu |
| Linguistics Electives | |
| Semester I | Lecturer |
| COMS 1101 Introduction to Human Communication I | Dr Tara Wilkinson-McClean tara.wilkinson@cavehill.uwi.edu |
| LING 1001 Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology | Dr Nickesha Dawkins nickesha.dawkins@uwi.edu |
| LING 1005 Introduction to Language | Mr Voghn-Everett Tatem voghn-everett.tatem@uwi.edu |
| LING 1819 Beginners’ Caribbean Sign Language | Dr Keren Cumberbatch keren.cumberbatch@uwi.edu |
| Semester II | Lecturer |
| COMS1104 Intro to Public Speaking | Dr Tara Wilkinson-McClean tara.wilkinson@cavehill.uwi.edu |
| LING1002 Introduction to Morphology and Syntax | Dr Nickesha Dawkins nickesha.dawkins@uwi.edu |
| Literatures in English Electives | |
| Semester I | Lecturer |
| LITS 1001 Introduction to Poetry | Dr Jacinth Howard jacinth.howard@uwi.edu |
| LITS 1005 Introduction to Writing about Literature | Dr Samuel Soyer samuel.soyer@gmail.com |
| LITS 2306 – History of Criticism | Dr Nicola Hunte nicola.hunte@uwi.edu |
| LITS 2403 – Caribbean Popular Culture | Prof Curwen Best curwen.best@uwi.edu |
| LITS 2604 – Creative Writing: Prose Fiction | Dr Jacinth Howard jacinth.howard@uwi.edu |
| Semester II | Lecturer |
| LITS 1002 – Introduction to Prose Fiction | Dr Jacinth Howard jacinth.howard@uwi.edu |
| LITS 1003 – Introduction to Drama | Prof Curwen Best curwen.best@uwi.edu |
| LITS 2603 – Creative Writing Poetry | Dr Debra Providence debra.providence@uwi.edu |
| LITS 3111 – Contemporary Science Fiction Request an override and we will waive the pre-requisite | Dr Debra Providence debra.providence@uwi.edu |
